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Conditions for the press in the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland may, on the surface, appear to be improving. But without a functioning media law to lend protection, and pending legislative elections, journalists remain wary of state harassment.

As Alan Rusbridger appears
Tuesday before the Home Affairs committee of the U.K. Parliament to give
evidence regarding the Guardian's
coverage of surveillance activities by the U.S. and U.K. governments, British
journalists and analysts say that newspaper's legal troubles are worrying in
large part because they come against the backdrop of increased regulation and
scrutiny of the wider industry.

New York, August 19, 2013--New York, August 19, 2013--Several journalists
working for international media said they were assaulted or briefly detained
over the weekend. The attacks and harassment came as Egyptian authorities
publicly accused international journalists of distorting coverage of recent
events.

The media landscape in Burma is more open than ever, as
President Thein Sein releases imprisoned journalists and abolishes the former
censorship regime. But many threats and obstacles to truly unfettered reporting
remain, including restrictive laws held over from the previous military regime.
The wider government’s commitment to a more open reporting environment is in
doubt. A CPJ special report by Shawn W.
Crispin

New
York, April 30, 2013--A senior administration official in Somaliland has said
that police officers were the perpetrators of an April 24 attack on the owner of a media network, according to news reports. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls
on authorities in the semi-autonomous republic to conduct a thorough investigation
and ensure that all those responsible are brought to justice.

Two masked gunmen burst into the offices of the critical independent daily Hubaal in the capital, Hargeisa, at around 11:30 p.m. as the paper's employees were proofreading the next day's issue, according to local journalists and news reports. One assailant fired at least once at Mohamed Ahmed Jama, but missed, the reports said. Mohamed is the owner and manager of the Hubaal Media Network, which publishes Hubaal and the English daily The Independent, according to Hubaal Editor-in-Chief Hassan Hussein Abdillahi. Mohamed is also the manager of both papers.

New York, April 6, 2011--More than20
foreign journalists were told that they would have to leave Libya within 24
hours, National Public Radio said today. NPR reported that Libyan
authorities asked journalists from different international news outlets to
leave the country. The media outlets include Britain's Channel 4, CNN, Fox News,
The Independent, Italian TV, ITV, Le Figaro, Los Angeles Times,
The Times of London, NBC
News, The New York Times, RAI, RTL, and The Sunday Times of London. The government has also decided to not issue new visas for
journalists who wish to cover the unfolding conflict, NPR's Lourdes
Garcia-Navarro reported from Tripoli.